垦荒 [
kěn huāng]
reclaim wasteland
bring wasteland under cultivation
open up virgin soil
land reclamation
- 为鼓励农民开垦荒地,邦清用自己的俸银收购草根,共垦荒地3000顷。
To encourage farmers to cultivate land, their own state pension-money to buy silver grass, a total of Reclamation in 3000 ares. - WWF报告表示大部分破坏是由于毁林垦荒,随后以此用于满足全球对大豆、牛肉以及生物燃料的需求。
The WWF report says much of the destruction results from burning of the forest to clear land, which is then used to meet the global demand for soybeans, beef and biofuel. - 结论认为,民国时期和田社会大规模垦荒活动的兴盛与姜缩与该水利组织和水权制度具有较密切的联系。
The author concluded that there was a close relation between the prosperity and decline of reclamation and the water authority system in the Republic of China.